The plaintiff in the second trial over the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant is seeking punitive damages – indicating “fraud or malice” – as well as compensatory damages, according to Reuters.
The first trial of nearly 11,000 such cases recently concluded in Los Angeles. Although the jury in that case rejected punitive damages, Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division must still pay the defendant – a retired prison guard who said ...
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